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13. Ok.. good to know! No one near NYC called it a packy.

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:30 PM

Apr 2021

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Connecticut lingo... How do you spell package store nickname? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 OP

If you are a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #1

No, i'm just a displaced CT Yankee from the working class Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #14

Heaven? MLAA Apr 2021 #2

They're liquor stores in CT. Packies (sing.:packy) are farther north. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #3

Ok.. good to know! No one near NYC called it a packy. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #13

For my parents it was Tomconroy Apr 2021 #4

You're so classy CTY!! I've heard you write about this "wine" before Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #15

Interesting article, although I had to read a couple Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #20

I'm in the NYC orbit, so it's a liquor store. krispos42 Apr 2021 #6

Don't think so... Since it was my friend in Boston who made Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #21

Booze joint. eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #7

Likker store. Not package. eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #8

I see it spelled packy and packie online, but mostly packy. femmedem Apr 2021 #9

That's where I want to move to! Eastern CT shore! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #12

Look at New London! femmedem Apr 2021 #19

Thanks. That is very good to know! I kind of think of Niantic Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #22

What's a package store? Ocelot II Apr 2021 #10

UPS Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #17

Don't package stores also serve liquor? Bristlecone Apr 2021 #11

No serving, no. Just a store to buy liquor and wine. I was Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #16

Bodega. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #23